Innovation and Creativity Institute
Entrepreneurial coaching and programs designed to transform you from being invisible to your market to in-demand through inspired creativity.
There’s a myth circulating in creative circles that once you find your true calling, everything will flow effortlessly. I bought into it, too. For decades, I waited for the ‘perfect’ conditions, for the nagging uncertainty and self-doubt to subside before I truly committed. But the truth is, meaningful work often asks us to sustain a…
Read more about The Art of Staying: Why Distress Tolerance is Your Creative Superpower
I, like so many of us, can be guilty of “all work and no play.” I truly love my work. It draws me in with the promise of meaning and momentum. But I’ve discovered that a life lived entirely within the margins of productivity eventually loses its ink. Without the spark of the unexpected, the…
Read more about Why the Trap of “All Work and No Play” is No Way to Spend Your Day (or Your Life)
If you’re rediscovering how to be yourself, you may need to be looking at your environment. How is where you are uplifting and reflecting who you are? Rethink your environment and connections as you forge your creative identity. If you don’t know where you are, you probably don’t know who you are.―Ralph Ellison In the…
Read more about How to Be Yourself: Find Clarity by Rediscovering Your “Where”
Hypervigilance, perfectionism, and abandoning yourself to stay small—echoes from childhood that once kept you safe, but now keep you from your true self. Many of us carry these patterns, preventing us from living the life we truly crave. But it stops now. It’s time to reclaim yourself, rediscover what brings you joy, and step into…
Read more about Live as Your True Self—It’s the Most Powerful Thing You Can Do
If you’re wondering how to know what you want, it’s time to break out your journal and the one vital question that will change everything. The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.—Michel de Montaigne We Convince Ourselves We Don’t Know My long-time client, Paul, came to me recently…
Read more about How to Know What You Want: Gain Clarity with the Right Question
When self-sabotage arrives, greet it with a grounding practice and remember that it’s your body’s safety response. Resistance by definition is self-sabotage.― Steven Pressfield, The War of Art Entrepreneurs and creators often hit invisible walls. It’s rarely due to a lack of strategy, talent, or drive. Instead, something internal tends to pull us back just as we…
Read more about Curb Self-Sabotage and Discover More Joy, Creativity, and Impact
